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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Thailand	Burkina Faso	Oman	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	11,075	2,348	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	11,405	2,403	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	11,828	2,457	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	12,380	2,510	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	12,829	2,562	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	13,178	2,613	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	13,540	2,663	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	13,917	2,713	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	14,309	2,764	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	14,722	2,816	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	15,152	2,871	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	15,600	2,928	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	16,064	2,986	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	16,563	3,047	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	17,072	3,110	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	17,575	3,174	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	18,094	3,240	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	18,621	3,307	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	19,157	3,375	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	19,698	3,444	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	20,242	3,512	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	20,788	3,582	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	21,336	3,651	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	21,889	3,696	3,876

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.